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SCULKERS
Definition of SCULKERS
noun
plural of sculker
SKULKER · via sculker
noun
Agent noun of skulk; one who skulks. One who stays where they cannot be seen (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm). One who moves in a stealthy or furtive way; one who comes or goes while trying to avoid detection. One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.
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Word DNA
SCULKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, SKULK.
Line of descent
- German
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,700)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKULK · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCULKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCULKERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEKLRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SCULKERS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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